Khaby Lame, the worker who lost his job and now has 65 million followers on Tik Tok

The story of Khaby Lame During the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, it was similar to that of many workers around the world. In March, he lost his job as a laborer and began recording videos in TIC Tac. After more than a year, you already have 65 million subscribers.

Like all social fury, the story of Khaby Lame, this boy from a Senegalese family who lives in Italy, shot like a rocket towards the media window.

Lame lost his job as a laborer in Chivasso, a town in northern Italy, disrupting his plans and forcing him to move into his parents’ house.

There, the first frictions manifested themselves with his father, I watched him constantly record videos which he then uploaded to Tik Tok. From his father’s gaze, Lame had to look for a new job. But that all changed when the content he created began to be consumed by hundreds, then thousands and finally millions of users around the world.

The Grace of Khaby Lame Videos

The simplicity is the fundamental capital of videos of the 21-year-old, where he was even seen touring with the former soccer star Alessandro Del Piero, and with the current Brazilian player of Juventus de Turin, Arthur Melo.

There, Khaby Lame is seen performing simple movements, such as taking Thor’s hammer or slicing an apple, immediately after showing the palms of his hands showing that it is an act. easy.

But the highlight of her fame is also linked to her face. When you have finished illustrating that the acts you are performing are mere practice, he opens his eyes and squeezes his mouth ironically. This gesture is accompanied by strict silence. You have to see it to believe it.

With a big arrival and in the position of influencer, the transcendence of Khaby Lame has not even escaped the eyes of Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, who gave him a boost on one of his posts.

Since the age of one, the young man has still not been able to obtain Italian nationality after living there for twenty years.

“Honestly, I don’t need a role to define myself as Italian”, he told the New York Times, but assured that it did not give him any problem.

Although he defines himself as Italian on his Instagram, he also adds his Senegalese roots. The arrival at the top of the networks even required get someone to take control of your social media.

This young man has managed to convert a common pandemic problem, like unemployment, into an opportunity to jump in with famous footballers and the creator of Facebook.

Until forty days ago, the number of subscribers reached 10 millions, a number that has been multiplied by five today. It is impossible in the age of networks to know whether the figure of Khaby Lame will continue to rise or be a 15-second fad like so many famous passengers.

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